Fmr. Obama Surgeon General: GOP Health Care Bills Will Hurt Families ‘Struggling with Addiction’

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MURTHY: "So a couple of key things we have to keep in mind. Number one, we are as a country struggling with an addiction crisis. This is at what I've spent a bulk of my time as surgeon general working on. And I spent time with families that were struggling, with moms and dads with lost of children, to drug overdoses with pregnant mothers who're trying to find treatment to take care of themselves and their babies. This is a real crisis that we are facing. And to me the -- the fundamental question with any health reform legislation is, is it going to help or hurt families that are struggling with addiction. My concern with the current bills that have been proposed both in the House and in the Senate is that I -- I am concerned that they will hurt families ultimately that are struggling with addiction."